Rectangles within square

Logic Level 3

In the figure above, how many rectangles are there that are not squares?

225 164 170 132

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5 solutions

Fætter Guf
Nov 13, 2015

In order to make a rectangle, we need to pick two vertical and two horizontal lines that aren't the same distance apart.

There are 6 5 2 = 15 \frac{6*5}{2}=15 ways to pick either two vertical or two horizontal lines, and these two lines range between 1 to 5 small square distances apart. For each range of one pair of vertical lines there's an equal amount of pairs of horizontal lines that we shouldn't count.

This makes the total number of rectangles: 5 × ( 15 5 ) + 4 × ( 15 4 ) + 3 × ( 15 3 ) + 2 × ( 15 2 ) + 1 × ( 15 1 ) = 170 5 \times (15-5)+4 \times (15-4)+3 \times (15-3)+2 \times (15-2)+1 \times (15-1)=170 .

Pulkit Gupta
Nov 13, 2015

As a general rule,

Number of rectangles in an n*n grid is given by S i g m a Sigma n 3 n^{3} ... (1)

&

Number of squares in an n*n grid is given by S i g m a Sigma n 2 n^{2} .... (2)

Note that here n = 5

Since squares is a s u b s e t subset of rectangles, therefore the number of rectangles is equal to the number of squares + number of rectangles that are not squares

On subtracting (2) from (1), we get the number of rectangles that are not squares

Aparna Kalbande
Dec 3, 2015

Total quadrilaterals are (1+2+3+4+5)^2 =225 . Square are 1^2+2^2+3^2+4^2+5^2=55.Therefore rectangles without square are 225-55=170

Lu Chee Ket
Dec 6, 2015

For 1 layer, 2 layers, 3 layers and 4 layers:

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Horizontal + Vertical = (20 + 15 + 10 + 5 + 12 + 8 + 4 + 6 + 3 + 2) × \times 2 = 170.

Answer: 170 \boxed{170}

Gopal Narayanan
Nov 14, 2015

Number of total rectangles - number of squares

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